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make last beta release :-)
1 fai (3~beta62) unstable; urgency=low
2
3 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf,sources.list: move from sarge to etch
4 * fai: export FAI_ACTION, fix -c and -C in usage()
5 * subroutines-linux: fix path of resolv.conf
6 * fai-chboot: remove devfs=nomount
7 * package_config/DEFAULT: replace kernel-image with linux-image
8 * faireboot: stop udevd
9 * rename class XFREE to XORG, use xorg packages
10 * bin/fai: rename $targetdir to $FAI_ROOT
11 * remove blank from debconf locales data (closes: #386192)
12 * package_config/GERMAN: new file includes packages for german
13 environment
14 * new script FAIBASE/20-removable_media creates fstab entries and makes
15 directories under /media
16 * new script and man page: ainsl, ainsl.1
17 * fai-start-stop-daemon: prints which daemon will not be started
18 * get-boot-info: fix duplicate call of get_dhcp_info()
19 * FAIBASE.var: add FAI_ALLOW_UNSIGNED=1
20 * fai-setup: add option no_subtree_check to etc/exports lines
21
22 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:38:37 +0200
23
24 fai (3~beta21) unstable; urgency=medium
25
26 * make pathes conform to FHS:
27 (closes: #340608, #311524, #336650, #309554, #340609)
28 * use /srv/tftp/fai instead of /boot/fai
29 * use /srv/tftp/fai/pxelinux.cfg instead of /boot/fai/pxelinux.cfg
30 * use /srv/fai/config instead of /usr/local/share/fai
31 * use /srv/fai/nfsroot instead of /usr/lib/fai/nfsroot
32 * use /var/lib/fai/config instead of /fai
33 * use /var/lib/fai/mirror instead of /mnt
34 * create_ramdisk: call mkrw with -n
35 * setup_harddisks: use more secure options for /proc line
36 * fai-chboot: use tcp as default for nfs, nfs v3 can will become default
37 with etch, existent .disable pxe file will be removed automatically,
38 add headline when copying from template, change in options: -d is now
39 -D, -r is now -d, -r is not used any more, abort if $pxedir does not
40 exist (closes: #373596)
41 * subroutines-linux: task_updatebase does not use updatebase.log any
42 more (closes: #366823), try ftar $FAI/basefiles before extracting
43 base.tgz, create policy-rc.d in the chroot, copy sources.list from
44 $FAI_ETC_DIR, replace $FAI_REMOTESH with local variable $remotesh, fix
45 path for resolv.conf
46 * move /etc/fai/sources.list to /etc/fai/apt/sources.list
47 * fix lintian error: build-depends-indep-should-be-build-depends
48 debhelper
49 * complies with policy 3.7.2
50 * added a linda override for fai-quickstart (ignore /usr/doc-symlink
51 warning)
52 * added Section: headers to binary packages in control
53 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove variables: $nfssize,
54 $NFSROOT_PACKAGES, $package
55 * new config file /etc/fai/NFSROOT which contains the package list
56 * fai.conf: remove FAI_REMOTESH and FAI_REMOTECP, use FAI_LOGPROTO
57 instead, LOGSERVER, LOGREMOTEDIR, LOGPASSWD removed installserver
58 removed (closes: #332837)
59 * lib/subroutines: remove get_fai_cvs(), get_fai_dir(), now separate
60 scripts, print warning if CD-ROM does not use DMA mode, eject fai-cd
61 at the end of the installation
62 * fai: replace $rclog with $LOGIDR/fai.log, add option -C,--cfdir,
63 -c,--class (closes: #353535), add support for dirinst, cleanup LOGDIR
64 before using it again (closes: #369534), remove variable rundir, mkdir
65 /var/run/fai if not existing, trap uses subroutine clean_exit() for
66 dirinst
67 * fai-setup: use getent for getting IP address, make it a bash script,
68 change $HOME of LOGUSER (closes: #290449), do not use SERVERINTERFACE
69 for getting hostname, add all IP addresses and host names to
70 ssh_known_hosts (closes: #286692), remove variable FAICLIENTS, use IP
71 address and netmask for exportfs line (closes: #381261)
72 * make-fai-nfsroot: new subroutine all_host_entries(), use
73 install_packages and /etc/fai/NFSROOT for installing packages into the
74 nfsroot, install fai-nfsroot before other packages are installed, do
75 not exit if getent returns no information, rename -c to -C, use
76 readlink to determine $cfdir (closes: #358765)
77 * variable $fstab replaced with fstab (no more Solaris support using
78 vfstab)
79 * savelog.LAST: set reboot=1 if no errors are found
80 * fcopy: fix bug (closes: #374415)
81 * control: update to Standards-Version: 3.7.2, fai-quickstart depends on
82 tftpd-hpa
83 * make-fai-bootfloppy: read make-fai-nfsroot.conf instead of fai.conf,
84 replace backticks with $(), fix test (closes: #384624), rename -c to -C
85 * lib/get-boot-info: get network info via DHCP if ip=dhcp was set
86 * prcopyleft: remove osname from copyright logo
87 * subroutines: add task dirinst (closes: #322634), do not execute task
88 prepareapt on softupdates (closes: #315000), save FAI_CLASSES and
89 disk_var.sh to /var/lib/fai, do not save variables.log to /var
90 * move fai-divert to fai-client package
91 * ftar: fix exit code when no matching class was found
92 * move code from script get-config-dir to task_confdir()
93 * rename $DO_INIT_TASKS to $do_init_tasks
94 * install_packages: add option -p
95 * fai-mirror: use packages.nfsroot instead of packages.arch, check if
96 obsolete variables are used, remove -a, add -B
97 * add policy-rc.d support instead of diverting start-stop-daemon
98 * remove varaible diskvar, use $LOGDIR/disk_var.sh instead
99 * fai-debconf: use read-only temp file during reconfigure
100 * get-config-dir-file: access config space via local path, used by
101 fai-cd
102 * fai-cd: use $FAI instead of /fai
103 * fai-mirror: generate distrib name from FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP
104 * move some -c to -C, so now all scripts use -C for cfdir, setting
105 $FAI_ETC_DIR is the same as specifying -C cfdir, print message if this
106 variables is used
107 * move NEWS to NEWS.Debian
108 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.6.17
109
110 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:54:38 +0200
111
112 fai (2.10.5) unstable; urgency=high
113
114 * fixes patch from last NMUs. (really, really closes: #373955)
115 * make-fai-nfsroot: print debootstrap version
116 * add package lftp to nfsroot
117 * create_ramdisk: make more directories writeable
118 * 20hwdetect.source: add some usb modules
119 * dhcpd.conf: next-server is needed in dhcpd3 >=3.0.3
120
121 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:28:21 +0200
122
123 fai (2.10.4) unstable; urgency=high
124
125 * Non-maintainer upload.
126 * Fix previous patch; it should remove files from $FAI_ROOT/etc, not
127 /etc, as faireboot is not run inside the chroot. (Really
128 Closes: #373955)
129
130 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:59:55 +0200
131
132
133 fai (2.10.3) unstable; urgency=high
134
135 * Non-maintainer upload.
136 * Remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/{10,90}fai in faireboot, since the settings
137 used during install_packages are not appropriate for the finished
138 system. (Closes: #373955)
139
140 -- Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org> Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:54:55 +0200
141
142 fai (2.10.2) unstable; urgency=medium
143
144 * lib/get-boot-info: call dhclient with different configuration and
145 script names, closes grave bug (closes: #369265), remove dpkg-divert
146 calls for /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-script and /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
147 * create_ramdisk: make /etc/lvm writeable (closes: #365035)
148 * do not call mkrwsize if directory does not exist (closes: #365037)
149 * lib/mkrw: add option -n
150 * make-fai-nfsroot: grep before appending to file (closes: #364748),
151 enable DNS inside the nfsroot (closes: #358783)
152 * lib/subroutines-linux: task_prepareapt(): check $IPADDR before
153 appending to file (closes: #331258)
154 * lib/subroutines: make 100MB ramdisk for /fai when booting from CD
155 * bin/fai: do not mount --bind /tmp/fai on softupdate
156
157 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:51:19 +0200
158
159 fai (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
160
161 * fai-chboot: fix division by zero error
162 * fai.conf: remove $OS_TYPE
163 * fai: remove $OS_TPYPE, set $targetdir, eval_cmdline is not needed for
164 install and dirinst, move prcopyleft() and additional code into
165 external script, use /var/log/fai/current as default LOGDIR,
166 /tmp/fai is currently a mount --bind to it
167 * fai-do-scripts: replace --no-lock with -K, this should fix cfengine's
168 segfault bug
169 * install_packages: add commands for y2pmsh, yast and rpm
170 * mount2dir: add more fs types that should be skipped
171 * fai-mirror: use different source.list when downloading packages for
172 debootstrap (closes: #361786), remove comments from PACKAGES line
173 (closes: #358910), add option -C, (closes: #318299), recreates
174 Package.gz and Release file using apt-ftparchive
175 * fai-cd: add option -C (closes: #312198), print FAI version in grub
176 menu, not fai-cd version
177 * make-fai-nfsroot: print warning if -f is still used, add config for
178 aptitude to allow unsigned packages without prompting
179 * menu.lst: enable timeout, use localboot as default, remove syslogd
180 flag, remove unused entries, fix IP address for demohost
181 * subroutines: new path /var/log/fai/current/showvar.log
182 * fai-guide.sgml: include package splitting into fai guide
183 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: new names packages in fai-kernel, add
184 console-tools to nfsroot (closes: #363480)
185 * get-boot-info: do not try to activate the first four ethernet devices
186 * conf/apt.conf: add aptitude option so untrusted repositories will also
187 be used
188 * instsoft.FAIBASE: use fcopy for kernel-img.conf
189 * subroutines-linux: use IP address when calling fai-chboot in
190 task_chboot, this helps when the install client has two network cards
191 and the host name lookup fails
192 * mkrw: fix typo (closes: #363521)
193 * dhcpd.conf: make deny unknown-clients default, remove range definition
194 * S99fai-setup: enable networking for faiserver
195
196 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:12 +0200
197
198 fai (2.10) unstable; urgency=low
199
200 * setup_harddisks: mapdisk(): add support for more than two disks, fix
201 wrong comments (closes: #356265), allow logical partitions to be
202 bootable (closes: #344536)
203 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not copy files from /etc/apt to the nfsroot,
204 detect kernel version for new kernel name (closes: #352939),
205 remove patches-* file when using -K (closes: #348350), remove
206 update-modules call, remove symlink creation to /tmp, add warning if
207 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY is still used
208 * fai-chboot: change output of -l and -L, major rework of the lsdir
209 function, add more options for different listing formats, add template
210 copy function (closes: #342471, #356136), options added: -g -c -t -o
211 * 20-hwdetect.source: test if discover is installed
212 * make-fai-bootfloppy: remove obsolete message (closes: #347974)
213 * fcopy: remove newline from $source, add \Q, (closes: #350015), warning
214 if unlink fails, add option -n (closes: #356378), preserving is not an
215 error (closes: #360183)
216 * make example scripts more cfengine2 compatible (closes: #312201)
217 * hooks/instsoft.FAIBASE: do not pause when kernel modules are already
218 available (closes: #314613)
219 * install_packages: new feature, just unpack packages (closes: #277079),
220 add urpmi, urpme and yum support
221 * fai: exit script if no parameters are given and no run from nfsroot
222 * subroutines: add verbose output when defining variables, add
223 subroutines mkrw and mkrwsize, set $diskvar during softupdate to
224 /var/log/fai/disk_var.sh, task_savelog: test if files exist before
225 copying them
226 * remove FAIBASE/20-save_diskvar (closes: #312296)
227 * task_sysinfo: call lshw if available
228 * lib/get-boot-info: remove duplicate network device names
229 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: use SERVERINTERFACE for detecting subnet
230 (closes: #341577)
231 * create_ramdisk: use mkrw for making directories writeable
232 * fai-mirror: add warning if some files do not exist
233
234 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:11:30 +0200
235
236 fai (2.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
237
238 * install_packages: add aptitude-r to @commands (closes: #343361)
239 * new command fai-statoverride (like dpkg-statoverride)
240 * fai-chboot: use NFS v2 as default until FAI will drop sarge support
241 * fai.8: fix typo (closes: #343642)
242 * doc/classes_description.txt: remove all unused classes, update
243 description (closes: #322026)
244 * add script AMD64/99-discover-bug
245 * add class FAISERVER
246 * updatebase: mount /sys into chroot
247 * mkdebmirror: remove non-US stuff
248 * savelog.LAST: add segfault to error pattern
249 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: fix typo (closes: #346428)
250 * make-fai-nfsroot: do not try to copy file if resolv.conf does not
251 exist
252 * menu.lst: add entry for faiserver
253 * fai-cd: adjust space, new code for generating sources.list file
254 * fai-debconf: add test if debconf data file exists (closes: #348857)
255
256 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:37:31 +0100
257
258 fai (2.9) unstable; urgency=low
259
260 * splitting binary package fai into fai-server, fai-client, fai-doc and
261 fai-nfsroot (closes: #210507)
262 * adjust some paths
263 * remove beowulf and advanced examples
264 * increase compat level to 4
265 * delete sunos code from source
266 * scripts/ directory is now bin/
267 * fai-cd: fixed hardcoded sources.list for the install client to be
268 generated, code by Michael Tautschnig (closes: #320024) and at least
269 partially #329547, test if nfsroot was created (closes: #317495), test
270 if mkisofs is available (closes: #334871), exist unless arch is i386
271 or amd64 (closes: #339098), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid
272 remove subroutine mhide amd module-hide, mkbimage is not needed any
273 more, use grub's stage2_eltorito feature mkisofs uses -no-emul-boot,
274 no floppy emulation needed, size is not limited any more to 2.88M
275 * install_packages: ignore packages ending with - when using -d
276 (closes: #334333), remove backtick evaluation (closes: #322157), add
277 -R to default aptitude call, add aptitude-r for download only mode,
278 add more warnings
279 * lib/create_ramdisk: make /etc/network/run/ifstate writable
280 (closes: #312128)
281 * fai-mirror: add -i to egrep (closes: #312508), add option
282 DPkg::force-conflicts::=yes (closes: #328138), only aptitude can
283 install conflicting packages, test if $mirrordir starts with a slash
284 (closes: #328139), check if $FAI_CONFIGDIR is valid (closes: #334577)
285 * fai-do-scripts: do not execute S[0-9][0-9]* any more (closes: #310999)
286 * fcopy: add preinst support, ignore .svn dirs (closes: #297550), do
287 chroot before using getpwnam (closes: #283475), add option -U
288 * fai-guide.sgml: include README.disk_config into fai guide, minor
289 fixes, (closes: #332295, #332318, #332293, #332291)
290 * make-fai-nfsroot: use --one-file-system instead of -l (closes: #308806),
291 new test if ssh package is installed (closes: #322759), create
292 apt.conf.d file to support unsigned repositories, fail if debootstrap
293 return with error code (closes: #342120)
294 * subroutines: test if hooks are executable (closes: #338524), new stamp
295 file name when action is softupdate
296 * make-fai-bootfloppy: fix code for -i when using a relative path
297 (closes: #314551), add option -I (closes: #337271), create more space
298 on boot floppy (closes: #294593), add option -B
299 * FAIBASE/10-misc: with the new fai-kernels package we can call tune2fs
300 even when using a 2.6 kernel (closes: #307147)
301 * ftar: test if $single is set (closes: #340421)
302 * FAIBASE/30-interface: do not overwrite resolv.conf if it's a symlink
303 (closes: #305783)
304 * setup_harddisks: add i2o support (closes: #317797), add workaround for
305 udev behaviour
306 * GRUB/10-setup: use -U with fcopy, so grub's menu.lst will not be
307 overwritten during softupdate (closes: #313069, #314995)
308 * subroutines-linux: fix idempotent code (closes: #340422)
309 * fai: do not use color logo if $console was set, start udev if
310 available (closes: #334373), test if run as root
311 * lib/updatebase: mount /dev into chroot during installation if we are
312 running udev
313 * fai-chboot: read $NFSROOT from fai.conf, add nfsroot option to kernel
314 parameters, root-path can now be removed from dhcpd.conf
315 * add support for unsigned repositories
316 * LAST/50-misc: fix code that detect of a kernel is installed, now it
317 does not break if more than one kernel is installed
318
319 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:53:00 +0100
320
321 fai (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=high
322
323 * fix important bug: remove non-US entry (closes: #310392)
324 * package_config: remove nonfree package t1-xfree86-nonfree from
325 examples (closes: #310705)
326
327 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 25 May 2005 13:59:39 +0200
328
329 fai (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=high
330
331 * fix a serious bug, remove debconf support (closes: #309209), debconf
332 support may be included again after sarge
333 * fix important bug, do not delete files in /etc/fai (closes: #309707)
334 * control: remove dependency on debconf
335 * postinst, postrm: remove debconf code
336 * rules: do not call dh_installdebconf
337 * remove debian/config, debian/template
338 * remove files in debian/po: POTFILES.in de.po fr.po templates.pot
339 * fai.conf: set placeholder for installserver, since debconf will not
340 set it any more
341 * conf/make-fai-nfsroot.conf, conf/sources.list: use ftp.debian.org
342 instead of debconf's default values
343 * man/fai-chboot.8: minor document patch (closes: #309138, 309142)
344 * fai-guide.sgml: minor document patch, move section "For the impatient
345 user" to the front (closes: #309134, #309556)
346 * README.build-sources: add memo to use -ICVS in the future
347
348 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:18 +0200
349
350 fai (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=high
351
352 * remove old unused scripts from cvs source
353 * updatebase: use mktemp for creating temp file, this closes a serious
354 security bug (closes: #307838)
355 * fai: create dir only during initial installation, fixes a critical bug
356 (closes: #307632)
357 * subroutines-linux: do not "mount --bind" when FAI_ROOT=/, closes
358 important bug (closes: #307631)
359
360 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 6 May 2005 09:23:34 +0200
361
362 fai (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
363
364 * only minor bug fixes, no major changes to the code, but a lot of them
365 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add missing $ to variable (closes: #304824)
366 * install_packages: add missing aptitude-r call (closes: #305544),
367 add $qopt and $devnull, used when install_packages is called with
368 verbose from fai-mirror
369 * fai-mirror: fix wrong path (closes: #304179), remove needless test if
370 mkinitrd-cd is available, add $qflag, return if $pkglist is empty, not
371 when $addpackages is empty
372 * fai: added $COLOR_FAI_LOGO, which is off when doing softupdate
373 * fai-cd: add test if mkinitrd-cd is available
374 * fai-savelog: set FAI_ACTION to noaction if undef (closes: #305283)
375 * savelog.LAST: add error message to global pattern
376 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: remove --arch i386, since debootstrap now uses
377 dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead of another call which
378 needed gcc, change comment
379 * make-fai-nfsroot: split i386 and amd64 packages list, remove packages
380 from amd64 which are not available (closes: #306264)
381 * menu.lst/postinst: use BOOT_PARTITION instead of ROOT_PARTITION
382 (closes: #305861)
383 * install_packages.8: remove option -f
384 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: remove wrong information (closes: #304980)
385 * control: add grub to suggests
386 * rules: make hooks and postinst script executable
387 * FAIBASE/10-misc: do not call tune2fs when using 2.6 kernel. This may
388 hang the system
389 * fr.po: added french debconf templates (closes: #306232)
390 * de.po, templates.pot: remove fuzzy lines
391 * README.disk_config: add notes about boot option
392 * debian/postinst: replace sed -i with perl -pi -e since old sed does
393 not support -i
394 * fai-setup: change informational message
395 * fai-mount-disk: mount file systems read only
396 * 50-host-classes: move host specific class definitions to new script
397 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos and other minor mistakes
398
399 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:20:53 +0200
400
401 fai (2.8) unstable; urgency=high
402
403 * remove ext2resize from $packages (closes: #303565)
404 * major rewrite of simple examples (closes: #290554)
405 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about nfsroot location (closes: #303915)
406 * fai-guide.sgml: major update for new release
407 * setup_harddisks: add support for device names disk1 and disk2,
408 reformat some output, print some messages only if $verbose is set
409 * rcS_fai: renamed to fai, add manual page fai.8
410 * fai: add $rundir, remove unused dirs at the end, call set_disk_info
411 before task_defvar, add variable $DO_INIT_TASKS, add code for
412 softupdate support, rename rcS.log to fai.log, add copyright message
413 to usage(), add option -N --new, always test $DO_INIT_TASKS with -eq
414 * apt.conf: replace force-confnew with force-confdef
415 * make-fai-nfsroot: use dpkg --print-installation-architecture instead
416 off uname -m, add arch dependent package name to, remove "" for
417 matching * in KERNELPACKAGE, test if $KERNELPACKAGE is empty
418 $NFSROOT/var/tmp/packages.arch, use shadowconfig instead of pwconv
419 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: comment FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, set FAICLIENTS to
420 local class-C network, remove ext2resize until available again
421 * subroutines: add task softupdate, add support for softupdate, add
422 $DO_INIT_TASKS, minor changes in get_fai_cvs(), use swapoff -a for
423 disabling swap partitions, test $DO_INIT_TASKS always with -eq, use
424 /var/log/fai/FAI_CLASSES
425 * subroutines-linux: script prepare_apt is now updatebase, add support
426 for softupdates, add task_prepareapt, sliently skip task_chboot if
427 LOGUSER is undefined, $disklist now sorted, print setup_hardisks
428 output also to console
429 * install_packages: cleanup of multiple packages with different
430 install/remove operations, add installable(), check if a package is
431 listed in a package index and not only in the dpkg database, add
432 force-confdef and force-confold to apt-get, install_packages.conf
433 unused, remove -f, sub read_config_file
434 * fai-do-scripts: now executing scripts matching [0-9[0-9]*, S[0-9]*
435 also supported for backwards compatibility
436 * fai-mirror: add check if mkinitrd-cd and apt-move are installed, arch
437 dependent packages defined in make-fai-nfsroot, replace sed with bash
438 builtin, add $debdist, return if $addpackages is empty
439 * fai-chboot: change message
440 * load_keymap_consolechars: much simpler code
441 * create_ramdisk: create /tmp/var/run/fai
442 * fai.conf: installserver will be set by debconf, by default LOGUSER is
443 unset
444 * sources.list: insert MIRRORHOST which will be replaced by debconf data
445 * Makefile: install device2grub to new location, rename rcS_fai to fai
446 * control: add libapt-pkg-perl for install_packages, remove dependency
447 on nfs, because fai can also only be used for softupdate
448 * postrm: cleanup debconf data on purge
449 * postinst: use debconf
450 * rules: add dh_installdebconf call, remove chmod of rcS_fai
451 * utils/mkdebmirror: --ignore-missing-release --ignore-release-gpg
452
453 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 23:43:27 +0200
454
455 fai (2.7) unstable; urgency=high
456
457 * closes grave bug, make-fai-nfsroot.conf: replace raidtools2 with mdadm
458 (closes: #299952), move cfengine from $packages to $NFSROOT_PACKAGES
459 * closes important bug, make-fai-nfsroot: use resolv.conf from install
460 server during creation of nfsroot (closes: #301230)
461 * rcS_fai: set classes before fai-class is called (closes: #301179), set
462 hostname if HOST was specified on the commandline
463 * fcopy: fix wrong variable name
464 * package_config/KERNEL_SOFT: replace `echo $kernelversion` in package
465 name with 2.6.8
466 * fai-guide.sgml: fix a lot of broken http links, add info for fai-cd
467 * install_packages: add setdownloadonly() and $opt_d
468 * conf/install_packages.conf removed
469 * fai-mirror: source make-fai-nfsroot.conf, add add_base_packages(),
470 allow - in class names, add option -a, call install_packages with -d,
471 add PKGCOMP for apt-move.conf, do not exit 9 if $FAI_DEBMIRROR is not
472 defined, log aptitudes actions to /dev/null
473 * fai-mirror.1: add option -a
474 * install_packages.8: add option -d
475 * add fai-cd script for creating a bootable FAI CD image (closes: #265444)
476 * add fai-cd.8 man page
477 * add conf/menu.lst: needed by fai-cd
478 * control: add mkinitrd-cd to Suggests, add Build-Depends-Indep on
479 debhelper greater version 3
480 * class/DEFAULT.var: use kernel-image-2.4-386 as default kernel package
481 * fai-savelog-ftp: remove $ENV{LOGREMOTEDIR} from mkdir since we just cd
482 to it
483
484 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:51:34 +0100
485
486 fai (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
487
488 * add task debconf (closes: #136503)
489 * new script fai-debconf
490 * add manual page fai-debconf.1
491 * control: use nfs-kernel-server by default (closes: #293876)
492 * QUESTIONNAIRE: minor update
493 * packages_config/XFREE: remove some -dev packages
494 * packages_config/SERVER: remove symlinks
495 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add debconf-utils
496 * replace backticks with $()
497 * fai-do-scripts: use local variables, make it a bash script
498 * fai-guide.sgml: update for debconf support, add aptitude in
499 install_packages config
500
501 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:00:05 +0100
502
503 fai (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=medium
504
505 * 06hwdetect.source: add comment, add class NVIDIA which is not currently
506 used, bug fix: correct SCSI detect 2.6 kernel, replace backticks with
507 $(), discard error messages from modprobe, enable dma mode for ide
508 devices (with fai CD it was not enabled)
509 * make-fai-nfsroot: use "" when testing variables, add link for
510 discover, remove resolv.conf created by debootstrap (closes: #281264),
511 create list of all packages in base.tgz, add packages for x86_64,
512 remove unneeded files in $FSROOT/etc/fai
513 * ftar: bug fix do not do recursive removal if $target/$dir is /
514 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #287150), add info about
515 /files/packages/ (closes: #290359)
516 * add task_savelog to die() (closes: #290526)
517 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix: support /media directory, choose last
518 installed kernel if more than one kernel is installed in nfsroot
519 * setup_harddisks: bug fix: redefined mountpoint are too often reported,
520 allow space before primary and logical keyword
521 * create_ramdisk: bug fix: make directory for discover
522 * fai-setup: typo in variable name (closes: #289271), reload nfs server
523 instead of restart, read make-fai-nfsroot.conf, use variable
524 FAICLIENTS
525 * fai-class: bug fix: option -T hangs the script, make it a bash script,
526 replace backticks `` with $(), bad variable name in testclass()
527 * share/subroutines: bug fix: cd to / so umount -a will not fail too
528 often, kill sshd before rebooting, umount $target/proc before
529 umounting all otger file systems, copy FAI_CLASSES variables.sh
530 disk_var.sh to $target/var/log/fai
531 * fai-chboot: bug fix: do not fail on subnet IP addresses, test if host
532 lookup is possible before calling $h->name (closes: #290007)
533 * install_packages: add option -f, add command{pending},
534 command{dpkgc}, print max number of packages only in verbose mode
535 * install_packages.8: add option -f, add info about
536 install_packages.conf
537 * new config file: install_packages.conf, used for fai-mirror(1)
538 * rcS_fai: remount / with noatime, set variables if booting from CD, set
539 hostname to $HOST it was unset, remove unused variable, minor code
540 cleanup
541 * DEFAULT/S01: add copying of /etc/modules
542 * DEFAULT/S10: add message where grub writes boot record
543 * class/01alias: add class FAICD if running from fai CD, add classes for
544 host gnomehost (used by fai-cd)
545 * package_config/DEMO: replace install with aptitude
546 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add variable FAICLIENTS, remove package dpkg-dev
547 * script/LAST: enable shadow passwords for passwd and group in examples,
548 eject cdrom when running from fai CD
549 * task_sysinfo: call hwinfo if available
550 * fai-savelog: do not save remotely if $LOGSERVER is not set
551 * new command fai-mirror and manual page fai-mirror.1
552 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/DEFAULT: change HorizSync, use pc105 keyboard model
553 * .../XF86CXonfig-4/MATROX: removed because DEFAULT works now
554
555 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:24:26 +0100
556
557 fai (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=medium
558
559 * install_packages: bug fix. Do not remove package names which are
560 search patterns for aptitude, read /etc/fai/install_packages.conf if
561 it exists
562 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add patterns that will be ignored
563 * fcopy: add support for svn and arch, add option -I, use variable
564 $FCOPY_IGNOREDIRS if set
565 * fcopy.8: add option -I
566
567 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:14:08 +0100
568
569 fai (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=medium
570
571 * add missing Beowulf examples
572 * fai-guide.sgml: fix error in link
573 * fai-start-stop-daemon: add short options, because so some init.d
574 scripts use them
575 * rcS_fai: do not use -t when remounting
576 * make-fai-nfsroot: print error when $KERNELPACKAGE is not found, add a
577 package for alpha architecture
578 * share/subroutines: do not dump variable $HOME and $PWD to variables.sh
579 * doc/QUESTIONNAIRE: typos, add example for answer
580 * install_packages: use warn instead of print for warning and verbose
581 messages, add aptitude support
582 * Fai.pm: add () to subroutine calls
583 * prerm: do not exit when nfs server reload fails (closes: #279024)
584 * setup_harddisks: add $devdisklist to call of sfdisk (closes: #276033)
585 * preparte_apt: divert programs before calling apt-get update
586 * subroutines-linux: redirect stdin of install_packages unless in debug
587 mode (closes: #264727)
588
589 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 8 Nov 2004 14:38:58 +0100
590
591 fai (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=high
592
593 * subroutines: remove $rootpw from variables.sh (closes: #270871)
594 * update to kernel 2.4.27
595 * make-fai-nfsroot: force link creation of ifstate (closes: #270463),
596 use /etc/shadow in $NFSROOT
597 * make-fai-makefsroot.conf: add xfsprogs and xfsdump packages, adjust
598 size, install with chmod 0600 (closes: #270666, #271113)
599 * DEFAULT/S10: removed: add auto to /etc/modules
600 * class/DEFAULT.var: use single quotes instead of double quotes,
601 $kappend contains kernel parameters, new default kernel package
602 kernel-image-2.4.27-1-386
603 * scripts/DEFAULT/S20: remove unused action
604 * packages_config/DEFAULT: add iproute to NETTOOLS
605 * make-fai-nfsroot.8: add info about make-fai-nfsroot.conf,
606 add option -K which first removes all kernels from nfsroot
607 (make-fai-bootlfoppy is broken if multiple kernels are in the nfsroot)
608 * fai-setup: add option -e which does not set up nfs environment, which
609 may hang some production systems for a while
610 * fai-setup.8: add info for new option
611 * Makefile: install make-fai-nfsroot.conf with 0600
612
613 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:40:36 +0200
614
615 fai (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=high
616
617 * install_packages: fix broken taskinst action, workaround for new
618 tasksel behaviour
619 * DEFAULT/S10: fix broken grub entry for FAI_BOOTPART when two kernels
620 are in the nfsroot
621 * fai-chboot: add option -e the opposite of -r, uses nearly the same code
622
623 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:09:15 +0200
624
625 fai (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=medium
626
627 * catnc() greps through more than one file
628 * changlog messages of fai-setup moved from 2.5.2 to 2.6
629 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add package names which include the string "error"
630 as ignorepatterns
631 * make-fai-nfsroot.conf: add portmap again, since nis setup needs it
632 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -k which installs a new kernel for the
633 nfsroot (closes: #256187), /root/.profile sources variables.sh, test
634 if $NFSROOT/prco/self exists before umount, kernel_install() includes
635 all code for installing the kernel, create dir $NFSROOT/var/state only
636 when not already existing, call umount_dirs and reset trap exit for
637 normal finishing script
638 * control: recommends dhcp3-server (closes: #263260), update to
639 standards 3.6.1, remove sp from build-depends
640 * rcsfai.var is not needed any more
641 * share/subroutines: do not dump readonly variables to variables.sh
642 * faireboot: make it a bash script, source variables.sh, source
643 subroutines, send message to faimond
644 * fai-divert: do not execute if dpkg-divert is not available
645 * install_pacakges: add support for tasksel remove, set default number
646 of packages from 4711 to 99
647 * package_config/COMPILE: replace task c-dev by list of packages names
648 * prepare_apt: make diversion of invoke-rc.d
649 * rules: call dh_clean after make clean
650 * prerm: test if $nfsserver is empty (closes: #263906)
651 * NETWORK/S40: remove /etc/hosts from fcopy list
652 * DEFAULT/S20: add async to export options
653 * fai-savelog: define $HOSTNAME to output of command hostname
654 * subroutines-linux: task_chboot() use `hostname` instead of $HOSTNAME,
655 sndmon() use $sndhostname instead of $HOSTNAME
656 * remove doc/README.package_problems
657 * fai-guide.sgml: add hint about dhcpd/nfsroot (closes: #264486), fix
658 typos
659
660 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:02:13 +0200
661
662 fai (2.6) unstable; urgency=low
663
664 * fai-setup: fix hostname detection when hostname includes a dash -,
665 pass all fai-setup options to make-fai-nfsroot (closes: #255830)
666 * fai.conf: move make-fai-nfsroot specific variables to make-fai-nfsroot.conf
667 * fix typo in lib/get-boot-info (closes: #242739, #239405)
668 * fix link in fai-guide.sgml (closes: #237794)
669 * fix typo in make-fai-bootfloppy.8 (closes: #238608)
670 * make-fai-bootfloppy: change lilo labels in (closes: #248955),
671 check if -s option is IP-address or hostname, new path for stage
672 files, remove install= line for lilo.conf, newer lilo does not need
673 boot-menu.b, added support for old an new lilo
674 * make-fai-nfsroot: add package dmidecode for some archs, add
675 module-init-tools, libapt-pkg-perl, smartmontools, usbutils, lvm2,
676 raidtools2, hwinfo, remove portmap package, jove to nfsroot, do not
677 copy bootsector, use mkelf-linux,
678 new code for creating timezone and localtime (closes: #201440), always
679 show $NFSROOT when copying verbosely, insert newline before adding
680 $FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY to sources.list, warning if $FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
681 used, use new make-fai-nfsroot.conf file, divert discover-modprobe,
682 add -q to depmod, create var/state dir, add subroutine fdivert(),
683 use fdivert instead ov ln or mv commands
684 * create_ramdisk: use tmpfs instead of shm, create dir for discover
685 * fcopy: -i always exists with 0
686 * rcS_fai: if a file /.nocolorlogo exists, do not enable colored
687 logo and let scroll region unchanged
688 * 06hwdetect.source: new call of discover (closes: #248532), be silent
689 when loading modules, use pipe instead of exec for find, mount usbfs
690 after loading an usb module, add $videodrv to additional.var, load
691 different modules when using a 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
692 * 11modules.source: moved into 06hwdetect.source
693 * lib/task_sysinfo: first call discover, then load modules using
694 discover, call smarctl for each disk, call lsusb, print partition
695 table with parted
696 * fai-divert: create dummy script only when dpkg-divert will succeeds
697 * fai-savelog: copy LOGDIR recursively, add remote log method none,
698 add -xdev to find
699 * subroutines: use /proc/uptime to determine installation time, use $()
700 instead of backticks, set terror when error occurs, add catnc(),
701 report FAI_FLAGS in one line, send message to faimond when starting a
702 hook
703 * subroutines-linux: set terror if error, add sndmon TASKERROR, do not
704 copy kernel image and initrd to install server, remove echo command
705 when defining kernel append parameters as variables
706 * faimond: always flush output
707 * fai-chboot: add option -o, special treatment of hostname default, also
708 list default config file when using -l, die with error message if
709 hostname is unknown, remove path from program name
710 * install_packages: add option -L, calling system with array should be
711 more efficient, new code for detecting unknown package names uses
712 AptPkg, add subroutine mkpackagelist(), remove path from program name
713 * bootsector, bootsector.8 removed
714 * class/LAST.var: removed because $hdparm is not needed any more
715 * class/70partition: remove definition of class FAI_BOOTPART
716 * class/01alias: remove unimportant examles, remove catnc definition,
717 remove beowulf example
718 * DEFAULT/S01: remove copying of bootsector, remove our local stuff
719 * scripts/BOOT: grub-install does not probe floppy drive, use bash,
720 replace backtics with $()
721 * hooks/instsoft.SERVER not needed any more
722 * hooks/savelog.LAST: add more messages to ignore
723 * disk_config/SMALL_IDE: remove partition /fai-boot, make / and /var
724 bigger, /usr smaller
725 * package_config/*: adjust package names to sarge distribution
726 * S40: remove NISLPRCLIENT and bootptab stuff
727 * examples/etc/sources.list: remove proposed updates lines
728 * mkdebmirror: mirror woody and sarge in one directory
729 * new FAQ
730 * THANKS: juergen added
731
732 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:22:44 +0200
733
734 fai (2.5.4) unstable; urgency=low
735
736 * DEFAULT/S01,S20: add async option to export lines
737 * fai-guide.sgml: add info how to boot a SUN Sparc, add URL for Sparc
738 * make-fai-nfsroot: add gnu-efi and silo to arch package lists, add
739 sparc64 arch, ppc arch uses vmlinux not vmlinuz
740 * make-fai-bootfloppy: create and use device.map for grub_floppy
741 (closes: #233018), remove unused ip entry for fixed ip addresses,
742 create iso9660 iso image with option -i
743 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add option -i and an example for creating a
744 cdrom image
745 * rcS_fai: add prcopyleft() and fstart(), use mkfifo and tee instead of
746 bash special >(), mount sysfs if available
747 * doc/README.disk_config: add info about lazyformat
748 * THANKS: added holger
749
750 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:07:31 +0100
751
752 fai (2.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
753
754 * make-fai-bootfloppy: call grub in chroot environment, so correct libc
755 is used, add option c and F, DHCP is now default boot protocol, be
756 more verbose
757 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option c which sets $cfdir (closes: #219824)
758 add variable nfssize, remove package strace, check if $NFSROOT is set,
759 mkdir $RUNDIR is not need any more, use $cfdir instead of fixed
760 /etc/fai, do not copy fai-chboot to nfsroot, call certain commands in
761 a LC_ALL=C environment, add more verbose messages, new options for
762 mknbi-linux call (closes: #181393), test if FAI_SOURCES_LIST is
763 defined or a sources.list file exists, be verbose when copying
764 important files if option -v is set
765 depmod -a ... || true so it does not stop the whole system
766 * debian/control: replace netboot package with mknbi
767 * debian/dirs: add var/run/fai, remove unused directory utils
768 * debian/prerm: check if $NFSROOT is set, sleep 2 before removing nfsroot
769 * man/make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add new options F and c
770 * man/make-fai-nfsroot.8: add new option c
771 * lib/task_sysinfo: show ide disk geometry
772 remove detect call
773 most text reformated, because subroutine definition removed
774 * doc/Makefile: remove some new tempfiles, add "|| true" to rm so it
775 does not complain
776 * fai-chboot: add option -S, complain when host names are missing for
777 option -r
778 * fai.conf: add packages to the exclude list for debootstrap
779 new name for KERNELPACKAGE
780 add comment how to use NFSROOT_ETC_HOSTS (closes: #219433)
781 remove FAI_SOURCES_LIST examples, use sources.list instead
782 disable FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY by default
783 put important variables to the top
784 * examples/etc/sources.list: new file, that shows examples of different
785 access method to the Debian mirror
786 * fai-guide.sgml: describe new handling of sources.list, add manref to
787 make-fai-nfsroot, new line for tftpd in inetd.conf, add info on use
788 without DNS
789 * class/06hwdetect.source: modprobe ide-detect needed for 2.4.24 kernel,
790 remove ide-probe-mod, add isa-pnp
791 * lib/get-boot-info: new code to extract ip parameters, fix problems
792 when one parameter is missing
793 * share/subroutines: islinux() not needed any more, task_chboot: always
794 copy new kernel image to /boot/fai/$HOSTNAME-localboot
795 * apt.conf: replace values yes with true
796 * rcS_fai: new code for task action pipe at the end, new mount option
797 for remounting /dev/root, copyright has one line less
798 * examples/etc/dhcpd.conf: new example for a local 192.168.1 subnet, add
799 nfs mount options to root-path
800 * VERSION: default is kernel 2.4.24
801 * chkdebnames: most parts rewritten
802 * setup_harddisks: typos
803
804 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 4 Feb 2004 14:42:40 +0100
805
806 fai (2.5.2) unstable; urgency=low
807
808 * rcS_fai: print copyright message in red, set scroll region, add
809 actimeo for nfs mounts
810 * fai.conf: add exim4 packages to exlude list
811 * make-fai-nfsroot: add netcat to nfsroot; remove libdetect0 from
812 package list (closes: #219420), copy preferences from /etc/fai
813 (closes: #219824), use apt-get dist-upgrade instead of upgrade,
814 do not create base.tgz in $NFSROOT/.. and then move file
815 * setup_harddisks: add -f tp mkfs.xfs option (closes: #219439)
816 * faimond, faimond.8 added
817 * subroutines-linux: add sndmon subroutine, try to connect faimond, on
818 success, enable monitor feature, test if $ret is empty, make it a bash
819 script, show nc output only when debugging
820 * fai-guide.sgml: typo in URL
821 * class/01alias: use other IP-addresses for exmaples
822 * lib/fai-mount-disk: extend regex to support devfs names
823 (closes: #218541)
824 * scripts/DEFAULT/S01: create S61hdparm if $hdparm is not empty,
825 set cdromdevice to SCSI if available, add code for lprng setup if
826 NISLPRCLIENT and LPD
827 * class/LAST.var: do not set a default value for FAI_ACTION, change in
828 comment
829 * add postrm file to remove all files when purging
830 * subroutines: add sndmon messages, script should be bash script, change
831 debug code in ifclass
832 * install_packages: remove pinning info before checking for misspelt
833 package name, usage() points to the man page
834 * fai-setup: chown of /boot/fai
835 * utils/softupdate, lib/prepare_apt: use dist-upgrade
836 * debian/compat created and debian/conffiles removed
837 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: add noatime,actimeo=900 options, add linux logo
838 to login messages
839 * sunos/makefile: add fai-savelog to solaris tarball
840 * hooks/savelog.LAST: added "unexpected IO-APIC" to ignore pattern
841 * Fai.pm: test if /var/adm/messages exists
842 * lib/task_sysinfo: add dmidecode call, add sfdisk -d call, change fdisk
843 call
844
845 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 6 Jan 2004 15:20:10 +0100
846
847 fai (2.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
848
849 * share/subroutines: use $SECONDS instead of date +%s
850 * fcopy: add usage info for -M
851 * add chapter "advanced FAI" to fai guide
852 * dhcclient-perl: add new names to mapping table
853 * lib/create_ramdisk: start devfsd if needed
854 * share/subroutines-linux: task_chboot should return, not exit; copy
855 initrd.img to install server if needed for the kernel
856 * make-fai-nfsroot: add $NFSROOT_ETC_HOST before calling apt-get
857 upgrade; remove mkdir of fai_config
858 * package_config/DEFAULT: add nfs-common for all
859 * examples/simple/scripts/DEFAULT/S01: add -n to head command (closes: #205547)
860 * sunos/scripts/SUNOS/S05: add -t to expand
861 * sunos/bin/newfs:chown -> chmod
862 * make-fai-bootfloppy: use perl one liner to get IP and host name, call
863 grub executable from nfsroot
864 * fai-guide.sgml: fix typos (closes: #204763)
865 * package_config/DEFAULT: always install nscd package for speedup
866 * Makefile: remove mv of NETWORK1; add variable libfiles
867 * rcS_fai,fai-setup: add async to mount and exports options
868
869 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:58:16 +0200
870
871 fai (2.5) unstable; urgency=low
872
873 * add script fai-chboot
874 * add script fai-savelog-ftp
875 * add vaiables to fai.conf: FAI_LOGPROTO LOGSERVER LOGPASSWD; used by
876 fai-savelog-ftp, localhost is default for $installserver
877 * make-fai-nfsroot: add option -f, change to #! /bin/bash, copy
878 resolv.conf to $NFSROOT, add libnet-perl, trap errors, add bad_exit()
879 * make-fai-bootfloppy: bug fix, add root=/dev/nfs (closes: #198568),
880 remove ip=both for fixed ip-address, change to !# /bin/bash
881 * make-fai-bootfloppy.8: add example with fixed IP address
882 * changes in package_config, added XFREE class
883 * install_packages: add force-yes to apt-get install, remove warnings
884 from apt-cache output, limit number of packages used at once using
885 $MAXPACKAGES
886 * bug fix: /proc/cmdline info is trashed when reading a long kernel
887 command line
888 * make-fai-nfsroot: create package list that depends on architecure,
889 make symlink for syslogd
890 * scripts/BOOT: noew code for generating grub entries, add grub entry
891 for memtest; add entries for re-installation
892 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S01: do never fsck ext3 partitions; add -M to some
893 fcopy calls; add user demo; use fcopy for /etc/kernel-img.conf
894 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: enable tcp connections for X server for CS_KOELN
895 * fcopy: add option -M and -b; add variables FCOPY_LASTLOG and
896 FCOPY_UPDATELOG; remove substring from an ewarn call
897 * subroutines: append $FAI_ACTION to file $rcsfaivar; faiend must not
898 reboot for SunOS
899 * subroutines-linux: add support for fai-chboot
900 * hook faiend.LAST renamed to savelog.LAST
901 * setup_harddisks: add XFS filesystem support, add sfdisk environment
902 variable
903 * fai-savelog: make a bash script; use -exec instead of xargs because of
904 sunos version of xargs
905 * fai-class: remove comment lines also in the file $HOSTNAME
906 * class/{dom,kueppers}: add NOSECURETTY
907 * lib/get-boot-info: print warning message if no boot protocol was
908 detected, add network info to boot.log if booting from floppy with
909 fixed IP address
910 * chkdebnames: bug in regex fixed
911 * lib/create_resolv_conf: use resolv.conf from installserver if $DOMAIN
912 is not defined
913 * lib/task_sysinfo: call programm sysinfo if available
914 * scripts/NETWORK1/S40: copy /etc/network/interfaces /etc/hosts /etc/networks
915 using fcopy, add -i to fcopy calls
916 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S10: create etc/hostname only if fcopy fails, add
917 password protection to grub menu
918 * class/01alias: use classes from file demo if hostname is demohost; add
919 catnc(); use catnc instead of cat
920 * class/11modules.source: now uses code from DEFAULT.mod
921 * examples now live in /usr/share/doc/examples{simple,advanced}
922 * utils move back to doc/examples/utils directory
923 * utils/rshall: add exclude function
924 * class/06hwdetect.source tries to detect video card
925 * Makefile: do not create symlinks (closes: #195377), new directories
926 for examples
927 * rcS_fai: compute and print installation time in seconds
928 * dhcpd.conf: remove unused commands
929
930 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:02:26 +0200
931
932 fai (2.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
933
934 * set correct year in fai guide
935 * dhcp3 support
936 * make-fai-bootfloppy: force ext2 when mounting floppy, blank first
937 sector
938 * make-fai-nfsroot: FAI_BOOT determines which boot protocol to set up,
939 fix ownership of $NFSROOT/root/.ssh/authorized_keys (closes: #183989)
940 * use ext3 in most disk_config samples
941 * Makefile: do not copy executable twice
942 * minor changes to packages_config/AUDIO
943 * install_packages: call "apt-get clean" to remove unused package files
944 * fai.conf: add FAI_BOOT, add SERVERINTERFACE, add example how to access
945 a mirror created by mkdebmirror via HTTP
946 * S20: bug fix, move inserting $rootpw from GERMAN to any section
947 * fai-class: add . to PATH; test operator == replaced by -eq
948 * DEFAULT/S01: new location for bootsector executable
949 * dhclient-perl: use short hostname
950 * new script fai-do-scripts, contains the do_script() subroutine and
951 task_configure code
952 * QUESTIONAIRE: added questions
953
954 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 3 Apr 2003 16:57:12 +0200
955
956 fai (2.4) unstable; urgency=low
957
958 * not alles changes in templates/* are listed here, there are to many
959 * use command fai-class to define classes, fai-class writes status of
960 every script to status.log
961 * make variables local or unset them after use, unset function
962 definitions after use
963 * add config files for XFree86 4.1
964 * many changes in the package_config files
965 * bootsector: do not use dpkg to get hardware architecture, add man page
966 * a lot of spelling mistakes corrected. Thanks Era! (closes: # 155735)
967 * control: correct name for Debian distribution (closes: #150887)
968 * new templates: hooks/partition.kueppers.source, hooks/faiend.LAST
969 package_config/WWWKIOSK, class/WWWKIOSK.var, package_config/paeffgen
970 * make-fai-nfsroot: add -l to tar when creating base.tgz (closes: #151173),
971 add noatime to mount, new mknbi-linux options, check for existence of
972 mknbi-linux (closes: #167900), replace $UID with `id -u`, do not call
973 rdev, remove packages that are already installed by debootstrap, new
974 option for mknbi-linux, always do setup for dhcp and bootp, write PATH
975 to /root/.profile, correct location for syslog.conf, copy sources.list
976 from /etc/fai if available, add diversion for discover, add rsync, ssh
977 to nfsroot, do not die when mknbi-linux is missing, do not create
978 device nodes (closes: #174844)
979 * class/70partition: bug fix. Use the same file as setup_harddisks to
980 determine classes which depend on partitions
981 * scripts/*: convert some shell code to cfengine code, do not use fcopy
982 if only a few lines has to be changed
983 * scripts/BOOT: echo each kernel module to a seperate line in, add
984 supoprt for kernel using initrd, use fcopy for lilo.conf and menu.lst,
985 /etc/modules, lilo.conf can also boot the old kernel, add initrd
986 option when using grub
987 * scripts/DEFAULT1/S20: use declaration directories, add WWWKIOS entries
988 * scripts/LAST: add call: apt-get -f install, copy sources.list
989 * scripts/USB removed, now made in S20
990 * scripts/FAI_BOOTPART: missing $target added, remove rdev call
991 * share/subroutines*: better regex for matching disks in /proc/partitions,
992 task_sysinfo, prepare_apt, add link last to last action performed, new
993 variable $LOGSERVER, list_disks move to a external script, disable
994 debugging output in ifclass(), write exit status of scripts and hook
995 to status.log and stdout, create_resolv_conf now an external script,
996 write exit status of hooks to status.log, do not define $revclasses,
997 save variables to variables.sh, subroutine task unsets the definition
998 of the executed task after its execution, source hooks/subroutines now
999 in fai_setup, remove task_backup, move load_keymap_consolechars to
1000 rcS_fai
1001 * share/subroutines-linux: remove diskandsize(), disk_info now called
1002 set_disk_info() which calls externel script
1003 * task_instsoft(): mount --bind /fai /tmp/target/fai so packages in
1004 /fai/files/packages can be installed using apt-get
1005 * new script disk-info prints a list of all disks and their sizes
1006 * new script get-boot-info contains subroutines for getting info via
1007 BOOTP or DHCP, also detects network devices
1008 * DEFAULT/S01: install $addpackages with one dpkg call, installation of
1009 default kernel creates symlinks in /, make /root accessable only by
1010 root, use fcopy -r to copy all dot files for the root account, do not
1011 copy sources.list
1012 * ftar: conditional rm -rf, echange in error message
1013 * test if mknbi-linux is available (closes: #167900)
1014 * make-fai-bootfloppy: add grub support, code reorganized and split into
1015 more subroutines, rmdir lost+found and copy fewer files to get more
1016 space on the floppy, replace $UID with `id -u`, create a generic boot
1017 floppy independant of the boot protocol, use one image with multiple
1018 append parameters, new options -v, -d, -l, -g
1019 * bug fix: hooks can now skip its task again
1020 * NFS file systems are also mounted with noatime.
1021 * rcS_fai: create var/run/sshd directory, /usr/local/{bin,sbin} at the
1022 very beginning of PATH, add /usr/lib/fai to PATH, PATH is defined
1023 before doing anything else, create_ramdisk is an extern script, new
1024 options for remounting /, remove some unused variables
1025 * task_sysinfo now a separate script; add lsmod call, new test if
1026 executables are available is using which, move log file from kudzu to
1027 $LOGDIR
1028 * adddivert, mkdivert, rmalldivert, rmdivert moved to the new script
1029 fai-divert
1030 * fai-divert: be quiet unless debug is set
1031 * mount_local_disks, umount_local_disks, fstab_mount move to new script
1032 fai-mount-disk
1033 * Fai.pm and subroutines* are moved from lib/ moved to share/
1034 * Fai.pm: call disk-info to get size of all disks
1035 * fai-setup: ssh-keygen needs option -t (closes: #156947), test if
1036 nfsserver is set
1037 * fai.conf: correct line containing proposed-updates, new variable
1038 FAI_LOCAL_REPOSITORY, new directory for debian mirror, add
1039 architecture to debootstrap options, move some nfsroot packages to
1040 make-fai-nfsroot script, add $FAI_LOCATION, remove FAI_SHAREDIR
1041 * setup_harddisks: allow more that 3 primary partitions, new regex for
1042 matching disks and partitions, write less info to stdout, do not write
1043 info to stdout which is written to a separate file, name of partition
1044 table changed from hda.sfdisk to partition.hda
1045 * add sources.list in conf, it's used when FAI_SOURCES_LIST in undefined
1046 * fai_modules_off: add block-major-{104,105}
1047 * remove debian/undocumented
1048 * install_packages: add option -l, only print the list of packages,
1049 add option -h, -t does not executes the commands, support for classes
1050 listed after command, change in echo strings, add option to manual
1051 * disk_config/: make /fai-boot partition larger, CS_KOELN use more
1052 flexible values for partitions sizes
1053 * add suffix -386 to name of kernel-image package
1054 * save_log_*(): do not create loops in symlinks, moved to external
1055 script fai-savelog
1056 * apt.conf: add option force-confdef to dpkg call
1057 * 06hwdetect script loads SCSI and IDE modules and prints /proc/scsi
1058 info, less messages in verbose mode, detect SCSI devices correctly
1059 * move mount2dir to lib directory, echo different messages for verbose
1060 and debug flags
1061 * fcopy bug fix: option -r does not work correctly, when no matching
1062 file for a class is found, do not exit with error, add option -i and
1063 -B, use $LOGDIR, set $ROOTCMD for postinst scripts
1064 * templates/package_config: use nfs-kernel-server
1065 * debian/rules: use dh_installman to install manual pages
1066 * ATA33.var no longer needed, no tuning via hdparm in *.var
1067 * lots of updates and additions to the manual
1068
1069 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:45:29 +0100
1070
1071 fai (2.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
1072
1073 * default name for fai kernel-image has changed
1074
1075 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 14:42:00 +0200
1076
1077 fai (2.3.3) unstable; urgency=medium
1078
1079 * enable use strict in perl scripts
1080 * remove some potato specific code
1081 * typo fixed (closes: #143272)
1082 * add some packages to SERVER
1083 * copy id_dsa* and id_rsa* files in make-fai-nfsroot
1084 * debian/rules uses DH_COMPAT=3
1085 * add packages to AUDIO, changes in SERVER
1086 * potato specific code removed
1087 * faireboot kills syslogd before booting
1088 * change symlink of rcS_fai (closes: #146430)
1089 * print warning before removing nfsroot
1090 * do not compress pdf files in /usr/share/doc/
1091
1092 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2002 09:27:15 +0200
1093
1094 fai (2.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
1095
1096 * bug fix: THISLOG is unused variable
1097 * added save_log_*(): only remove files (-type f added)
1098 * load net-pf-1 kernel module (unix socket)
1099 * minor changes in package_config files
1100 * added script class/S03hwdetect.source
1101 * dhclient-perl: dhcp use host_name
1102 * faireboot: use rmalldivert for removing diversions
1103 * $divertlist not used any more; use dpkg-divert --list
1104 * setup_harddisks writes list of swap devices; they are enables using swapon
1105
1106 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:47:39 +0200
1107
1108 fai (2.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
1109
1110 * bug fix in make-fai-bootfloppy, fcopy
1111 * first letter in description now uppercase (closes: #142017)
1112 * add option -m to make-fai-bootfloppy
1113 * save keymap to boottime.kmap.gz
1114 * add many comments to shell scripts
1115 * copy $loguserhome/.ssh/*.pub files to $NFSROOT/root/.ssh
1116 * packages from $addpackages are also installed to the system if
1117 they exist in $FAI/files/packages/
1118 * minor changes in package_config files
1119 * move task_confdir() to subroutines-linux
1120 * added create_resolv_conf(); code removed from task_confdir
1121 * jobsrunning() subroutine for linux and solaris added
1122 * faireboot: source fai.conf and subroutines-$OS_TYPE
1123 * subroutines-linux: additional way to determine all ethernet devices
1124 * move some packages from $NFSROOT_PACKAGES into make-fai-nfsroot
1125 * add more .ssh/ files to nfsroot
1126 * $FAI_SUBDIR renamed to $FAI_SHAREDIR
1127 * rcS_fai: add $osname
1128 * write some variabel definitions to $rcsfaivar (used for remote logins)
1129
1130 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:30:04 +0200
1131
1132 fai (2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1133
1134 * default configurations are for Debian 3.0
1135 * add auto stanza to /etc/network/interfaces (closes: #114627)
1136 * now depends on debootstrap (closes: #128457)
1137 * set DEBIAN_FRONTEND to "noninteractive" (closes: #131855)
1138 * Fai.pm now copied to new location if woody in use (closes: #125839)
1139 * package upgrade does not remove nfsroot (closes: #123463)
1140 * many files: use $FAI instead of fixes /fai, config file moved to
1141 from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1142 * store log files to $LOGDIR (default to /tmp/fai), can be set in fai.conf
1143 * read also subroutines-$OS_TYPE file
1144 * fai.conf: moved to /etc/fai/fai.conf
1145 variables removed: FAI_ARCH, UTC (now in class/*.var), KERNELVERSION
1146 variables added: FAI, FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1147 * make-fai-nfsroot sets up pxelinux environment
1148 automaticly determine kernel version; added get_kernel_version(),
1149 copies /etc/fai/.cvspass to nfsroot, can now write the floppy image to
1150 a file
1151 added call_with_stamp subroutine, for easy creation of stamps
1152 Tue Jan 29 20:19:27 CST 2002 -- Chad Walstrom <chad@debian.org>
1153 Added support to run script as a recovery operation. This is a
1154 glue-script; we may as well provide the ability to fix problems and
1155 continue. Changes include:
1156 - Adding a RUNDIR environment variable
1157 - A command line option "-r" for recover operations
1158 - logic tests and stampfiles to appropriate function calls
1159 Checked for existance of character file dev/boot255 before calling mknod.
1160 Checked for existance of $NFSROOT/proc/modules file before calling
1161 umount $NFSROOT/proc
1162 Recursively copies contents of /etc/fai/ directory (good if using CVS)
1163 Install $NFSROOT_PACKAGES in a second pass, to sidestep conflicts
1164 (e.g. so that ssh may replace rsh-client)
1165 Don't set up $LOGUSER's home directory if that variable is undefined
1166 add variable FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP_OPTS
1167 * conf/fai_modules_off: more modules turned off
1168 * call openvt with full shell path (closes: #134641)
1169 * hooks are also skipped if task is skipped
1170 * hooks that end in .source are sourced
1171 * class/*.mod file can now define variables
1172 * add ADAPTEC.mod file
1173 * apt/conf: set Assume-Yes "true" so apt-get (and tasksel) is noninteractive
1174 * lib/subroutines: /dev/ida/ and /dev/rd/ support in
1175 subroutine:umount_local_disks, added $netdevices_up, use $tfsab
1176 instead of fstab (for solaris support), /fai is now $FAI, mount shm
1177 file system if available, otherwise use normal ramdisk, strip comment lines
1178 when defining classes via scripts, added subroutine do_script,
1179 do_scriptss calls every script class/<classname>/S[0-9]* when class is
1180 not a file, execute all S[0-9]* scripts in a directory
1181 /fai/scripts/$class/, skip all comment lines when definig classes
1182 task_partition() call setup_harddisks only if no disk_var.sh exists
1183 defclass also sources all scripts class/S*.source
1184 add subroutines adddivert(), rmalldivert(); task_finish calls
1185 rmalldivert, task_sysinfo calls kudzu; save_log*() -maxdepth not
1186 needed for find, save_log*() now uses date and time for directory name;
1187 /tmp/fai now $LOGDIR, can be set in fai.conf; new cvs co code
1188 * templates/scripts: change NET and NETWORK examples; now called S10,
1189 S40 and located in directory /fai/scripts/NETWORK/
1190 BASE and DEFAULT moved to DEFAULT/S20 and DEFAULT/S01
1191 * setup_harddisk: raid support for /devc/rd, /dev/ida and cciss driver
1192 for Compaqs Smart Array Controllers, called with -d
1193 * doc/Makefile: detect if anything is really to do
1194 * use gzip -dc instead of zcat
1195 * make-fai-bootfloppy: do not copy /boot/System.map to floppy, new
1196 option -s
1197 * added prtnetgr; change netgroup example and script all_hosts to use it
1198 * fcopy: added debug message if executing postinst, ignore CVS
1199 directories, use File::Find, now sets envionment variables $target and
1200 $FAI_ROOT, bug fix in -d option, new options -L and -P
1201 * KERNELVERSION not needed in fai.conf, now automaticly determined in
1202 make-fai-* scripts
1203 * FAI_FILES removed
1204 * Files added: THANKS, preinst, prtnetgr, pxelinux.cfg
1205 * Manual pages added fai-setup, install_packages, make-fai-bootfloppy,
1206 make-fai-nfroot
1207 * add use stict pragma for perl scripts
1208 * add auto.master and auto.scratch config for kernel automounter
1209 * mkdebmirror: use passive ftp mode
1210 * added autofs to package_CONFIG/BEOWULF
1211 * debian/prerm: do nothing when upgrading package
1212 * scripts/fai-setup: determine loguserhome earlier (closes: #136851)
1213 * new standards version 3.5.6
1214
1215 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:29:15 +0200
1216
1217 fai (2.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
1218
1219 * added ATOMCLIENT in disk_config
1220 * setup_harddisks detects harddisk even if no valid partition table is
1221 available
1222 * added dosfstools to nfsroot
1223 * added .rhosts for ATOMCLIENTS
1224 * added detect, discover and lsdev to sysinfo
1225 * make-fai-nfsroot: now ash compatible (closes: #117431)
1226 clean apt cache before creating base.tgz, make
1227 liloconf silent, verbose output can be redirected to a file
1228 call mknbi only for kernels using BOOTP, added sysutils package
1229 * scripts/DEFAULT: chmod 1777 the defined scratch partition
1230 * wake on LAN section added to fai guide
1231 * reiserfs patch added to setup_harddisks
1232 * nfs-user-server support for woody
1233 * DEFAULT: scratch directories are writeable for all users
1234 * utils moved from doc directory to /usr/share/fai
1235 * install_packages: check all package names, remove unknown packages
1236 from install list; PRELOAD support for url of type file:
1237 * dpkg-divert is quiet unles verbose is set
1238 * make diversion for broken liloconfig (closes: #113906)
1239 * added class NOGETTY
1240 * install_packages: add code for command PACKAGES hold
1241
1242 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:01:02 +0100
1243
1244 fai (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1245
1246 * bug fix in get_dhcp_info()
1247 * added jmon to BEOWULF
1248
1249 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:52:35 +0200
1250
1251 fai (2.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1252
1253 * bugs in mkdebmirror fixed
1254 * replace compat from nsswitch.conf templates (closes: #113902)
1255 * FAI_FLAGS can contain comma or space separatedd list of flags
1256 * echo device before BOOTP request
1257 * all_hosts uses netgroup allhosts
1258
1259 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 5 Oct 2001 17:19:14 +0200
1260
1261 fai (2.2) unstable; urgency=low
1262
1263 * fix lilo bug in make-fai-bootfloppy
1264 * user can define their own action using FAI_ACTION and
1265 creating a command /fai/hooks/$FAI_ACTION
1266 * rcS_fai rearranged; move a lot of subroutines into subroutines
1267 * hooks can force rcS_fai to skip the default task
1268 * timeout for bootpc can be set in rcS_fai
1269 * new subroutine ether_info sets variable $ethers
1270 * unused subroutine myyes removed
1271 * prepare-apt.log renamed to updatebase.log
1272 * task_sysinfo only probes available disks
1273 * install_packages: support for new task packages using tasksel
1274 * get_bootp_info() and get_dhcp_info() uses multiple network interfaces
1275 via variable $netdevices
1276 * layout of local Debian mirror for non-US changed
1277 * mkdebmirror: non-US has new location, minor bugs removed
1278 * rmdivert moves distrib.dpkg-new files
1279 * new chapter about installing a Beowulf cluster
1280 * bug in list_disks() fixed
1281 * diskless class is automaticly defined, improved diskless hook
1282 * package nfs-common added to nfsroot for lockd, statd
1283 * support for additional variable definitions and classes
1284 * new utilities: all_hosts, rshall and softupdate
1285 * new examples for Beowulf cluster: atoms, ATOMCLIENT, BEOWULF
1286 * defvar and devclass are now called before task_action
1287 * bug fix: fcopy down not convert from octal when using file-modes
1288 * all file in /files/root/ use file-modes
1289 * tlink can show symlink of a host or all file in /boot/fai
1290 * new class NOSECURETTY, NOTCPD
1291
1292 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:35:49 +0200
1293
1294 fai (2.1) unstable; urgency=low
1295
1296 * user visible changes are now reported in NEWS file
1297 * setup_harddisk: do not check if root partition is in first 8GB, do not
1298 check if it's a primary partition
1299 * make-fai-nfsroot: uses debbootstrap if FAI_DEBOOTSTRAP is
1300 defined (closes: #100914)
1301 use /etc/apt/sources.list is FAI_SOURCES_LIST is undefined
1302 * call some commands with prefix LC_ALL=C, so diffrent locale does
1303 not change the output
1304 * ftar: do not call tar with option I, j or z, use pipe instead
1305 * rcS_fai: added hook support, use all ntpserver for ntpdate, always
1306 extract base.tgz, no version number in base.tgz; read_config() removed;
1307 move some task from fai_init to fai_setup to get their output;
1308 create etc/hosts with fqdn in target directory; $revclasses contains
1309 classes in reversed order
1310 * new flag createtv; controls if ctrl-c will reboot or give a shell and
1311 if two additional terminals will be available
1312 * debhelper compatability level now 2
1313 * woody support: using debootstrap, different package lists
1314 * added class DISKLESS
1315 * subroutine disk_info rewritten, ignores cdrom
1316 * fai-setup: do not generate ssh key if already existing
1317 * cat <<EOF calls corrected
1318 * mkdebmirror now mirrors also testing and unstable by default
1319 * grub support in scripts/BOOT and scripts/FAI_BOOTPART
1320 * new utility chkdebnames check debian package names
1321 * new script device2grub convert normal device names to grub device names
1322
1323 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:55:29 +0200
1324
1325 fai (2.0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1326
1327 * typo in ftp Debian mirror fixed
1328 * corrected wrong cvs tag, some more little changes
1329
1330 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:11:23 +0200
1331
1332 fai (2.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1333
1334 * Default Debian mirror access now via ftp. This can take much time to
1335 download the required packages. (closes: #101596)
1336 * Check if LOGUSER is defined, (closes: #101620)
1337 * wget now recommends, (closes: #101594)
1338 * Use ntpdate if a ntp server is defined (tag nt in bootptab),
1339 (closes: #101899)
1340 * DEFAULT script writes fqdn and short hostname into etc/hosts,
1341 (closes: #101820)
1342 * Bug fix. Check if imggen executable is available.
1343
1344 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:33:33 +0200
1345
1346 fai (2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1347
1348 * first upload to Debian archive
1349 * kernel-2.2.19 support
1350 * order of classes now (with increasing priority):
1351 DEFAULT, <other classes>, $HOSTNAME, LAST
1352 * architecture is now also a class (see S01alias.sh)
1353 * class/*.source renamed to class/*.var, because they define variables
1354 * new description of all classes
1355 * $moduleslist is the list of modules that will be loaded by the new system
1356 * names of examples changed to make them more comprehensible
1357 * FAI_PACKAGEDIR now FAI_DEBMIRROR
1358 * new fcopy script for copying files with classes
1359 * new ftar script for extracting tar files with classes
1360 * manual pages for fcopy, ftar
1361 * converted many cfengine scripts to shell scripts
1362 * several classes and scripts removed and rearranged
1363 * S90partitions.pl replaces the old shell version
1364 * add FAI_BOOTPART class and scripts
1365 * klogd, syslogd running during installation
1366 * make-fai-bootfloppy can take additional parameters for the kernel and
1367 supports multiple network interface cards
1368 * kernel append parameters define variables in rcS_fai
1369 * added subroutines ifclass, rwmount
1370 * new command bootsector can enable, disable or list magic number of
1371 boot sector
1372 * make many variables local
1373 * better debugging of shell scripts
1374 * remote login has all subroutines available
1375 * faireboot -s saves log files to install server
1376 * sfdisk call removed from subroutines and Fai.pm, since it's not
1377 portable; unfortunately setup_hardisk still using it
1378 * new mount2dir command; this task is removed from setup_hardisk
1379 * files in package_config can use dpkg --get-selections format
1380 * redundant packages in package_config/COMPILE removed
1381 * PRELOADRM feature for package_config
1382 * comments in files in package_config/ are now everything after a #, not
1383 only at the beginning of a line
1384 * lvm not in nfsroot by default, grub now included
1385 * access from install clients to server can be done via rsh/rcp or
1386 ssh/scp (see fai.conf)
1387 * modprobe displays less errors
1388 * templates now stored in /usr/share/fai
1389 * all release timestamp in this changelog until version 1.4.2 are
1390 wrong; they indicate the time when I started hacking the next version;
1391 these are the correct release dates:
1392 Jun 20 2000 fai_1.1beta2.tar.gz
1393 Jul 11 2000 fai_1.2.0beta1.tar.gz
1394 Oct 26 2000 fai_1.3.0test1.tar.gz
1395 Nov 6 2000 fai_1.3.0test2.tar.gz
1396 Nov 23 2000 fai_1.4.0.tar.gz
1397 Dec 7 2000 fai_1.4.1.tar.gz
1398 Dec 12 2000 fai_1.4.2.tar.gz
1399
1400 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 14:28:31 +0200
1401
1402 fai (1.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
1403
1404 * add wget to suggests list
1405 * xviddetect called for FAI_ACTION=sysinfo
1406 * fai.conf: added missing / in ftp definition of FAI_SOURCES_LIST
1407 * added parted to nfsroot and package_config/MINI_SOFT
1408 * FAI_KEYMAP files can also be located in /fai/files
1409 * added subroutine load_keymap_consolechar (was included in rcS_fai)
1410 keymap now called correctly
1411 * the little FAI banner is now printed on startup
1412 * variable hdparm tunes your hard disks and creates rcS.d script
1413
1414 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:36:31 +0100
1415
1416 fai (1.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
1417
1418 * swap order of class ALL and hostname
1419 * CLASS ALL renamed to DEFAULT
1420 * templates/class/S*.source files renamed
1421 * scripts in class/ reorganized. First *.{sh,pl) are executed, then
1422 $class.source are sourced for all defined classes
1423 * install kernels removed, now included in package fai-kernels
1424 * hdparm available in nfsroot, sysinfo prints hparm -i
1425 * classs/ATA33.source can tune harddisk during installation
1426 * class DEBIAN_DEVEL commented out, because this software package list
1427 mostly segfaults dpkg
1428 * base?_?.tgz now included in nfsroot; BASETGZ not needed any more
1429 * bug fixed: setup_harddisks don't mount preserved partitions if mount
1430 point is not in root directory
1431 * bug fixed: no dns support during chroot in make-fai-nfsroot
1432
1433 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:34:41 +0100
1434
1435 fai (1.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1436
1437 * faireboot is faster and more reliable
1438 * package depends on nfs-server
1439 * keymap created by shell script ALL (uses $FAI_KEYMAP)
1440 * mk3comimage removed (uses non free software), now netboot is used
1441 * first version of the FAI Guide included
1442 * use dpkg-divert to fake some programs (solves many problems)
1443 * yes pipes <CR> to apt-get during installation
1444 * all definitions from global.conf are moved to fai.conf
1445 * make-fai-nfs now uses chroot when calling apt-get
1446 so nfsroot must not use the same Debian distribution as the server
1447 * $MNTPOINT is mount point for Debian mirror
1448 * postinst tasks are moved to fai-setup script
1449 * $UTC, $FAI_CONFIGDIR added to fai.conf
1450 * bug fixed: loopback device was not set up
1451
1452 -- Thomas Lange <lange@debian.org> Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:20:00 +0100
1453
1454 fai (1.3.0test2) unstable; urgency=low
1455
1456 * loopback device is set up during installation
1457 * create resolv.conf via script RESOLV instead of using cfengine
1458 * printers are defined in class/ not in cfengine script
1459 * mount nfs directories using rsize=8192
1460 * bug fixed: make-fai-nfsroot removes /boot/*-$KERNELVERSION
1461
1462 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:26:03 +0100
1463
1464 fai (1.3.0test1) unstable; urgency=low
1465
1466 * kernel in nfsroot is now build with kernel-package (make-kpkg)
1467 * installkernel now supports loadable modules
1468 * class/S05modules.sh can load modules (example global.mod)
1469 * add script make-fai-bootfloppy
1470 * client's timezone during installation is now the same as on server
1471 * FAI_ACTION sysinfo now mounts all local disk and searches for fstab
1472 * add support for expect scripts
1473 * add nfs-kernel-server support
1474 * do not create account fai if it already exists (e.g when using NIS)
1475 * new format for keymap and consolefont definition
1476
1477 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:08:02 +0200
1478
1479 fai (1.2.0beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1480
1481 * two virtual terminals available (press alt-F2 or alt-F3)
1482
1483 * make-fai-nfsroot removes pcmcia-cs
1484 installs additionals packages: lvm raidtool2 ext2resize sshd dhcp-lient
1485 flag verbose controls output level
1486 nfsroot is created without any interaction
1487 base2_2.tgz is fetched via wget if it's not found in /tmp
1488
1489 * new start-stop-daemon script instead of symlink to fake it
1490
1491 * configuration for kernel 2.2.17
1492
1493 * start sshd during installation for remote access;
1494 add "sshd" to FAI_FLAGS to enable this
1495 remote reboot possible via: ssh -l root hostname faireboot
1496
1497 * additional dhcp support available (bootp is still the default)
1498
1499 * cvs repository available
1500
1501 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:41:13 +0200
1502
1503 fai (1.1beta2) unstable; urgency=low
1504
1505 * PRELOAD feature, faireboot added
1506
1507 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:29:14 +0200
1508
1509 fai (1.1beta1) unstable; urgency=low
1510
1511 * Initial Release.
1512
1513 -- Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de> Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:16:23 +0200

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